Ned Price, a spokesman for Biden’s transition team, declined to intervene in the case.
The announcement comes after President Donald Trump announced earlier this month that the United States would recognize Morocco’s longstanding demands over former Spanish territories as part of the normalization of relations between Morocco and Israel. Israel forged relationships with a number of Arab countries in the final months of the Trump administration – agreements heralded by the president’s allies as the cornerstone of his foreign policy legacy.
Before the Israeli-Moroccan deal, US policy toward the region was in line with the European Union, the United Nations, and the African Union in calling for a path to self-determination for the region. Western Sahara was a Spanish colony until the mid-1970s, when he invaded Morocco and established de facto control over most of the region that continues to this day. Morocco was in a diplomatic impasse with the self-proclaimed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, whose Polisario Front maintains control of a piece of land that embraces the Algerian border.
“The United States looks forward to this increased participation, and we will continue to support political negotiations to resolve issues between Morocco and the Polisario, within the framework of the Moroccan autonomy plan,” the State Department statement said on Thursday.
The Trump administration’s recognition of Morocco’s claim earlier this month quickly raised the eyebrows of the international community for his party. Senator Jim Einhoff (R-Oklahoma) described the agreement as “extremely shocking and disappointing”.
Former Secretary of State James Baker This move condemned Last week, as an unnecessary departure from the status quo and a potential source of conflict with the strategic allies of the United States in the Mediterranean, especially Algeria.
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